Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Yesterday paint crew came and finally stained the fence. Some cleaning was done and another crew filled in the back side with top soil and the bed with potting soil. Storm damage claim has not been settled with the insurance, the tree and other debris can not be removed till the time. Fallen tree will kill most of the grass under it by the time all is said and done, will have to re-sod the east side of the yard.

The oven structure got some aging overnight, thanks to some faux finishing, mother nature will do the rest. It is raining and it is very wet today, no work.

Fence is finally stained

Some faux finish added some patina of age, mother naturewill do more. Ledge will get acid stain

Monday, June 4, 2012

I apologize for the lack of posts this summer. May has been
a busy month with too much going on from business and social events to cars
shows and natural disasters.

Some good things happened and some not so good. My 1976
Mercedes 450SL won the best in it’s class on the annual Mercedes/Jaguar
Concours d Elegance, here in May. I got some good news on my health front and
got some property damage, courtesy mother nature. However I am hopeful will be
more regular on the blog front now.

2 years back one afternoon it rained at the rate of 3 inches
an hour, followed by flood from the adjacent golf course that took most of our
landscaping in the backyard. The bushes and plants the raised beds all washed
away.

Since then we have been thinking what to do. Finally we
decided to extend the patio, add a wood burning pizza oven a privacy fence to make a courtyard kind of feel. The project started in the end of April and is still going on because the
general contractor has too many projects on his hands and delays caused by weather.
Last week’s hailstorm and windstorm have put further brakes as we have roof
damage caused by hail, wind and a fallen tree.

So far we have gone through this:

Unfortunately a tree had to go to keep everything centered

Form for the extension of the concrete patio

After the concrete is poured

6x6 posts were fixed in concrete for the 10ft tall custom fence

Pizza oven is finished by the masonry crew

Small fire just to check everything works, fence is up trees are trimmed bringing in more light and sun

Wind and hail storm, tree split and damaged the roof

Oven is painted, stain on the fence in progress

The oven will get antiqued finish and an antiqued copper cap

For the sake of fun painted my family coat of arms on the frontit is a work in progress

Stain on the fence will be finished today (hopefully), then concrete
will get acid stain and the plants and honey suckle wines will go in along with
other final touches. Heavy digging equipment has damaged the grass that will need some attention too along with some plants and bushes that got killed or damaged.